I was pleased to hear the use of 'So' as the start to a statement coming under attack on R4 again this evening.
'So' has its place.
It's perfectly fair to ask, "So what's wrong with 'so'?"
But not to say, "So the problem with 'so' is that it is really annoying."
In the first instance 'so' refers to a resulting consequence - in other words, "Given what you say, why does 'so' have the consequence of being annoying?"
In the second instance, it has no meaning at all and is just a verbal tick.
It's annoying the hell out of me right now because I'm currently reading dozens of pages of transcripts with the word 'So' at the beginning of almost every sentence.
Of course, you could say, "'So' is used at the beginning of a sentence as just a verbal tick and so 'so' is really annoying" - but you'd probably call me a little so-and-so.
This post was last modified: 24-01-2015 08:22 AM by Mr_Numbers.